Two CFM56-2As powering a U.S. Navy E-6 TACAMO aircraft set U.S. military record

With the West's medium turbofan specialists all jockeying to re-engine nearly 200 Air Force Boeing 707s (AP, Feb. 13), CFM International reports that two CFM56-2As powering a U.S. Navy E-6 TACAMO aircraft have set a new U.S. military record for engine time on wing, logging more than 10,000 flight...

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